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Shedding Some (More) Light in Bourdieu's Habitus and Doxa

A Socio‐Phenomenological Approach

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ID8976015
AuthorsKonstantinos A Vakalopoulos (Harokopio University of Athens, corresponding author), Konstantinos Vakalopoulos (0000-0002-6466-0468, Department of Geography Harokopio University of Athens Kallithea Greece)
Year2022
Volume53
Issue2
Pages255-270
Publication date2022-09-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal for the Theory of Social Behaviour (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-8308 • E-ISSN: 1468-5914
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jtsb.12364
OpenAlexW4296023061
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited57

In this paper, I attempt to shed more light in Bourdieu's habitus and doxa, by drawing on phenomenological and Bourdieusian‐based literature, social theory and some findings from sociological research. Despite the fact that there is a vast work concerning the examination of these two concepts, there are still some misunderstandings about them. For that reason, I have tried to draw a clearer picture of habitus, by linking it with phenomenological “being‐in‐the‐world” and describing its elements. As for doxa, I discuss its conceptual relation with habitus and phenomenology's natural attitude. Also, attention is given to some aspects of both habitus and doxa, which have not addressed in detailed fashion yet, but they are nevertheless theoretically useful for empirical qualitative research

Cultural capital · Doxa · Epistemology · Habitus · Phenomenology (philosophy · Practice theory · Social science · Sociology · Critical Realism in Sociology · Philosophy · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Capital and Networks

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